The technology we buy isn't particularly unique in and of itself, but thanks to several customization tools and services we can easily add our unique style. These are our ten favorite ways to customize your computers and smartphones, both inside and out.

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8. Customize Your Smartphone's Home Screen

Your smartphone's home and lock screens are the screens you probably see more than any others on a regular basis, so you want them to look good and offer as much functionality as possible. We keep a large collection of featured homescreens to not only offer inspiration but also provide information on how you can perform the exact customizations yourself. You can copy these examples if you're find them appealing or you can learn from them and make your own. Either way, your home screen will be better off for it.

7. Make a Chrome Extension

Extensions are a great way to customize your browsing experience, but if there's functionality that you want that doesn't really exist we can walk you through the entire process of creating a Chrome extension. If you haven't yet learned how to code the process may seem a little daunting, but we believe you'll find the process to be easier than you think. If you want to customize your browsing experience (in Chrome, anyway), building an extension is one of the best ways to do it.

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6. Get a Better Android Keyboard

Android's not exactly known for having a phenomenal default keyboard, but fortunately the mobile operating system does allow you to swap it out for another of your choice. Swype is one of the most popular, making input super fast by letting you drag your finger around the keyboard to spell out words. Of course there are plenty of other options and we can help you pick one.

3. Customize Your Favorite Websites with Userscripts and Userstyles

If you have a favorite web site or two that doesn't look as beautiful as you want or is missing a few key features, don't despair—that's what userscripts and userstyles are for. They're little additions of JavaScript and CSS (respectively) that can be installed directly in some browsers (e.g. Chrome) or through plug-ins like Greasemonkey (e.g. Firefox), letting you change all sorts of things on big sites like Facebook and Twitter and smaller ones as well. There are tons out on the web, but if you have development skills of your own it can be pretty easy to throw something together. We've got a comprehensive guide on userscripts and userstyles, so check it out if you're looking for some help getting started.

2. Completely Customize Your Smartphone's Interface

On Android you have the option of choosing a custom ROM and on a jailbroken iPhone you can use an app called Dreamboard to install insanely detailed themes that can go so far as make your iPhone seem to be running Mac OS X Lion. Either way there are some amazing options out there that can add preferable interface elements, new features, and an alternative, more preferable design. If you're tired of the stock look and feel of your smartphone, change it.